Did the ডিজনি studio steal Kimba The White Lion and rework it as their 'original story', The Lion King? They certainly give that impression with their corporate stance ('we never heard of Tezuka nor Kimba until after The Lion King was released'). And why would they have filed suit to try to prevent the প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে of Tezuka Productions' 1997 Jungle Emperor Leo movie at the 1998 Toronto FantAsia Film Festival? (Jungle Emperor was the original শিরোনাম for Kimba The White Lion.) It seems quite simple; Kimba had been kept out of sight in North America for 20 years দ্বারা that time.